broken/humble

“A sacrifice unto God is a broken spirit; a heart that is broken and humble God will not despise”
Ps. 50/51

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reflections

Greetings, Christ is in our midst!
I have, in general, been using the computer less these days, as a matter of priority and preference. Please visit Todd’s webisite (on my “blogroll”) to read a good reflection on the use of internet for communication. He and I have spoke much on this topic and I [...]

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“If but ten among us lead a holy life, we shall kindle a fire which shall light up the entire city.” — St. John Chrysostom

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“The Rapture: An Invention of Man”

An interesting broadcast and discussion on the innovative theological concept of “The Rapture” can be found at the link below:
http://www.myocn.net/index.php/200905291729/Beyond-the-Veil/The-Rapture-An-Invention-of-Man.html
This is an extremely relevant conversation in our days due to the popularization of this novel concept, one that finds its origins in the US only in the early 1800s.

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struggle

The struggle is very well characterized by its difficulty, by strain against personal unwillingness to act, by the empty sense of mental satisfaction born by good intentions and bold resolutions that are left unfulfilled. We can live believing in possibilities and potentialities, but belief in such is as false hope–belief that does not incur [...]

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Funeral Dirge

“Thou only art immortal, who hast created and fashioned man. For out of the earth were we mortals made, and unto the earth shall we return again, as thou didst command when thou madest me, saying unto me: For earth thou art, and unto the earth shalt thou return. Whither, also, all we mortals wend [...]

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All the Gentiles

“‘Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will proclaim His way to us, and we shall walk in it.’”
–Isaiah 2
The “prolegomena,” the first things
In the first preaching of Christ we are told outrightly to “repent, for the Kingdom of God [...]

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Convenience

“…that which we call today convenience is in fact inconvenience. Convenience is for one to simplify one’s life and to limit its to the essentials. Then the person is liberated.”
–Elder Paisios the Athonite

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trust…

“I did not create myself and I do not uphold myself, but, rather, I am upheld”

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undisguised

Undisguised questions beckon undisguised answers, and I think that we are afraid of both.

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